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Commentary: Belmont Stakes

NPR | By Frank Deford

Published June 4, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

This weekend, a young gelding has a chance to win the Triple Crown at the Belmont Stakes in New York. Funny Cide won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes. Commentator Frank Deford says winning the coveted crown could end his racing career.

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